Number one there are protests going on in France.
I won't bore you with details, but basically the large unknown of what we'll be walking into when we arrive there and fact that we were going to dependent on a car (rented) to get us to the multiple locations and countries we'll be visiting while on our trip. I'm all for fighting for your rights as citizen, and I think that its totally rad that there is such a civil unrest about raising the retirement age by only two years. Damn...retirement at 62 here would be fabulous ... I'm sure most of us in the states can agree that retirement even at 65 is highly improbable because of most of our retirement security-net being gutted over the years and being forced to be on the graces of the commercial stock market to gain our freedom from a long life of work and toil. But I digress.
Number two, I hate flying (as in, I probably certifiably have a medical reason to need to take medication to combat my anxiety), and we have a good day ahead of us just in flights.
But ... I'm going to attempt to not focus on that, and instead share some lovely work I've been drooling over for awhile.
The second thing I'm in love with right now is photography from Matthias Heiderich. Specifically in love with his Color Berlin series 1, 2 and 3.
They give me this sense of utter happiness with their bright color and stark simplicity. I can completely justify a reason to get a print of one (or ten) of these for my wall. Isn't his work just gorgeous?
And finally, work by Debbie Carlos.
Originally I saw her on Design*Sponge (a blog I also tend to stalk ... which by the way, did you happen to see today's post on Sid Dickens’ new “Silk Road” collection? A thing of beauty. Go look at them immediately).
I love Debbie's choice of subject matter in her Human Nature series. Personally I'm a huge nature fan, and the choice to shoot stuffed animals really is strong artist statement. Go to her site right now and read and see what she has to say.
I am also enamored by the fact that she has prints for sale printed on a plotter! At such large format sizes and because of the nature of the print, they have a beautiful rough, textural quality to them. Another photographer in which I have no excuse not to eventually buy a print (or twenty) of their work.
